Bristol L 'Putco'
Bristol L in Come Back, Africa, Documentary, 1959
Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2021-04-07 22:08 |
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◊ 2021-04-07 23:24 |
The radiator looks like a Bristol. The bus may have locally built bodywork on a Bristol chassis, and appears to be operated by Public Utility Transport Corporation of Johannesburg, known as “Putco”. The problem is that I can’t find any historic fleet details. |
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◊ 2021-04-08 22:08 |
Agreed it's a locally bodied Bristol L or LL - there were a number operated in South Africa - see http://bristolsu.co.uk/l/index.htm |
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◊ 2021-04-08 22:29 |
Thanks, Steve. I had heard/read of Putco somewhere, they seem to have built in-house coachwork, but there is very little history on the internet, and BLOTW seems to have nothing. |
